bearing in mind that Wenger has never spent that much on a player ever (okay, he spent [what would have been] 19.5m on Reyes, and got bitten on that one) so this pretty much rules out any player over 10m

Nasri and Arshavin? Reyes is actually one of the more successful 'expensive' signings of Arsene's.

Arteta, Podolski, Chamberlain, and Gervinho have all been signed for £10million or over by Wenger in the past year and i dunno if that M'Villa deal is near being completed but he'll cost over £10million if it is.

Money's finally been given to Wenger and he looks as if he's not afraid to spend.

yeah, but those 10m+ transfer are few and far between (with the exception of the last year or two)

can't see him signing Llorente, the cost would be pretty much what they'd get for RVP, and i can't see that Arsenal paying that price for someone untested with the english league (even though i think he'd be a good fit for it) and he wouldn't fit the system too well

Arteta, Podolski, Chamberlain, and Gervinho have all been signed for £10million or over by Wenger in the past year and i dunno if that M'Villa deal is near being completed but he'll cost over £10million if it is.

Money's finally been given to Wenger and he looks as if he's not afraid to spend.

Not entirely. He's still spending the same amount of money that comes from the club (i.e, nothing), it nearly all comes from transfers out instead.

Wouldn't Walcott be preferred over Gervinho on the wing? Not that I follow Arsenal, but Walcott seemed to be doing well before his injury (was scoring goals/getting assists for me in fantasy)

Would be delighted to get Hazard and Van Der Wiel. Dont really need anyone else after that.. Hazard comes in to replace Kalou, VDW for Bosingwa and hopefully Sturridge or Lukaku step up to fill Drogba's position for the season.

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Still wouldn't really fancy Torres up front for Chelsea, he's a year older than last season after another mediocre season. The same question lingers that did last season, nothing has really changed in that respect. He was still outscored by Jon Walters last season for example. Lampard's form picked up with the incentive of winning the Champions' League but there are questions over whether he can keep up the consistency anymore. Just in case anyone forgot, they were a good 25 points off the top two last season, they have a lot to do.

Lampard's form was brilliant all season .. He bailed out AVB so many times in games where he had to call to Lampard, who was on the bench, to come on and Lampard changed games. Lampard is still absolutely quality for us.

Torres .. I don't know. I think the pressure of Drogba going could help him a lot and his form looked a lot better towards the end of the season where he scored a couple of goals and showed a lot more glimpses of himself.

We were 25 points off the top two? Yet don't forget we also had a poor manager for a lot of the league campaign. Take that into consideration, then look at our league form under RDM .. Tells a different story to be honest.

If we bring in the right manager in the summer then it'll be a different story next season I think.

Chelsea points per game in PL under RDM = 1.63Chelsea points per game in PL under AVB = 1.70

Not a different story at all. You only had one impressive PL performance under RDM and that was vs QPR who are awful, and especially away from home. Admittedly there was somewhat of a subtraction from the league's importance but still, the league form wasn't great.